Friday, January 7, 2022

HAVE GUN, YOU BETTER TRAVEL

HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL
1957-1963 CBS

HAVE GUN, YOU BETTER TRAVEL
Humbug #7, February 1958
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Jack Davis

Western about the adventures of gunfighting mercenary Paladin (Richard Boone). Boone had previously been Dr, Konrad Styner on Medic. When possible, he would settle problems intellectually.
Seymour Mednick was Humbug's attempt at a mascot, though it was only used as a go-to name.

HAVE GUN, WON'T TRAVEL
Cracked #5, October 1958
a: McCartney (Bill Ward)
From Endings for Old TV Shows in Cracked #11, October 1959, by Paul Laikin and Jack Davis
From How Different TV Cowboys Get Their Man in #27, November 1962, art by John Severin

HAVE GRUNION, WILL TRAVEL
Zany #4, May 1959
a: George Peltz
UPDATE:
From Go West. Old Format in MAD #41, September 1958, by Albert Meglin and George Woodbridge

1 comment:

  1. The end of the Humbug story refers to Mafia boss Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, who had been assassinated in a barber shop the year before, clearing the way for Carlo Gambino to take over.

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